Events

Marking the anniversary of the twinning of Cork and Cologne, and with HE Deike Potzel, German Ambassador to Ireland. Members only. Book with Hon. Organiser by November 23^rd.  Places limited.

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Songs of our city (with Jimmy Crowley). A walking and singing tour of Cork City; including Blarney St., Shandon, the Coal Quay, Coburg St., the city centre and the River Lee.

This event is open only to CHAS members. For information on membership visit our join page.

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Clonakilty and environs (Joe O’ Leary and members of Dúchas Clonakilty). Sites to include Lisselane House and gardens, Castleview Mill, Templebryan church site and Clonakilty town.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements.

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Ballinacurra (Griffin Murray, Beth Shotton, Ursula O’ Mahony and Martina Williams). Sites to visit include a Medieval Church and Graveyard, Historic Quays, Bennett’s Maltings and china clay.

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Dromahane (Eamonn Cotter, John Borgonovo and others). Sites to visit include Mourne Abbey, Castle Barrett, Kilshannig Church, Dromaneen Castle and Lombardstown.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements.

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Doneraile (Norah O’ Keeffe, Arthur Montgomery, Ina Lillis and others). This outing will include visits to Canon Sheehan’s grave, Doneraile Court, St. Mary’s Church and other sites.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements.

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‘Where we sported and played: The Marina’ (Flor Hurley). A walking tour looking at the rich sporting and leisure history of the Marina area of Cork City. Assemble at corner opposite the Idle Hour pub (Albert Quay / Victoria Road).

This is a heritage week event.

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Macroom (Niall Murray) ‘Cash, councils and courts: Revolutionary government in Mid-Cork 1919-1922’. A walking tour of the town looking at sites associated with the counter-state run by the underground Dáil Éireann.

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Lecture followed by reception afterwards in the Sculpture Gallery.
Members only. Book with Hon. Organiser by November 22^nd.  Places limited.

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‘Civil War Cork’: City Centre Walking Tour, with Dr John Borgonovo and Gerry White. Irish Civil War National Conference, as part of the Irish government’s Decade of Centenaries Programme, and the Cork Archaeological & Historical Society.

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Day outing to Millstreet and its area. Speakers: Flor Hurley and others. Sites include Confederate solder’s grave, Millstreet; Drishane moated site; Kilcorney graveyard; Knocknakilla stone circle, stone row and radial cairn; Glantane East stone row and radial cairn, Drishane tower house.
Assemble O’Keeffe’s Supervalu car park, near The Square, 11.30 am.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members only and there will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Day outing to Youghal. Sites include St Mary’s Collegiate Church and a selection of sites around the town. Speaker: Kieran Groeger.
Assemble at Dolphin Square car park, 11.30.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members only and there will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Evening outing to Monard Glen, near Blarney, to visit Monard and Coolowen Ironworks, which were in operation from the 1730s to the 1960s. This event will link with the Skills and Traditions of the Past and the Water Heritage themes of National Heritage Week 2022. Speaker: Dr Colin Rynne.
Meet at 7pm at entrance to Monard Glen. Monard Glen is reached by going on the slip road after the sign for Killeens/Limerick over the N20, turning left at the Sunset Ridge Hotel and then straight on for approximately one kilometre. There is a Science Direct sign pointing to Monard Glen at the entrance.

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Day outing to the Ballydehob area, west Cork. Speakers: Finola Finley and Robert Harris. Sites include Derreenaclogh rock art, Ballydehob railway and quay, Altar wedge tomb, Altar church (Rev Fisher and James Murphy), Dunmanus Castle, Ballydehob Arts Museum (with Brian Lalor).
Assemble at Ballydehob Playground car park, 11.30 am. The playground is located at the left hand side, before you enter the village, opposite the turn off to Bantry.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements.

Please note that for this event there will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Society’s Christmas Event

This event is a social reception, with finger food and wine, followed by a short talk entitled ‘Yuletide at Her Majesty’s Pleasure?’ by Dr Ciarán Dawson, Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha, UCC. The event will also include a formal launch for our 2022 Journal.

The cost per person is €15 and attendance must be booked by registering at our Christmas Event Registration page.

Please note this event is for CHAS members only.

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Afternoon outing to Kilcrea Friary, near Ovens. Speaker: Denise Maher, author of Kilcrea Friary: Franciscan Heritage in County Cork. The event will include Máire Ní Chéileachair, TG4 Singer of the Year 2018, singing Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire to mark the 250th anniversary of his death.
Kilcrea is signposted on the N22 (Cork to Macroom road). There is limited parking at friary. Otherwise, there is roadside parking about five minutes’ walk past the friary.
Assemble at Kilcrea Friary, 2.30 pm.

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members and their guests only. There will be a €3 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Day outing to Clonakilty and Ardfield/Rathbarry, West Cork. Speakers: Tim Feen, Dr Danielle O’Donovan, Gerald Butler, Michael O’Mahony, Diarmuid Kingston, Michael O’Connell and Fachtna McCarthy. Sites include Kilgarriffe Old Cemetery (Clonakilty); West-Cork Regional Museum (P85 YY48); Emmets’s Square; Caher ringfort (P85 HR98); Galley Head Lighthouse (P85 PP83) and Castlefreke Castle (P85 HC85).
Assemble at 11.30 am at Craanmore Stud (Keating’s Equestrian Centre), Eircode P85 K443, near Kilgarriffe Old Cemetery, Clonakilty.
Picnic lunch/own arrangements in Clonakilty.

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members and their guests only. There will be a €5 badge fee, payable on the day.

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Evening outing to Cork Butter Museum and other locations around Shandon related to Cork’s global butter trade. Speaker: Peter Foynes, museum curator.
Cork Butter Museum is located on O’Connell Square, near the Firkin Crane Theatre (Eircode T23 H004).
Assemble Cork Butter Museum, 7.00 pm.

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members and their guests only. There will be a badge fee, payable on the evening.

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Day outing to the Fermoy/Glanworth area. Speaker: Professor William O’Brien. Sites include Carn Tighernach, on Corrin Hill; Labbacallee wedge tomb and Glanworth Castle.
Assemble at Corrin Woods Forest Recreational Area car-park, 11 am. (This car-park is located directly across from the entrance to Coillte Office which is at Eircode P61 PN30; or using Google Maps search ‘Corrin Woods Forest Recreational Area’.)
Picnic lunch/own arrangements

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Afternoon outing to the Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool. Seamus Murphy, Cork sculptor and stone carver, is perhaps best known for designing this church and producing its sculpture. Speaker: Dr Edward O’Riordan.
Assemble, 2.30 pm, outside Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool (Eircode T23 FW44).

Please note that this event is open to CHAS members and their guests only. There will be a €3 badge fee, payable on the day.

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